CVE-1999-0248

Summary

CVE-1999-0248 is a vulnerability affecting SSH version 1.2.17. The issue lies in the authentication agent mechanism of sshd, which contains a race condition. An attacker can exploit this flaw to steal another user's credentials by manipulating the timing and sequence of authentication requests. Successful exploitation grants the attacker unauthorized access to the compromised account.

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